A/N: In case you guys didn't notice, I changed the summary up a bit. Don't worry the story will move along as planned. I just wanted to get more people reading this because it's something I've never done before. I just want people to tell me if this is something good or not. ENJOY! :D
I managed to get away from them by hiding in the sewer. I know it's not the cleanest place but I'd rather be here than dead. I rocked Hannah in my arms when she started to wine a little. I was totally out of breath and could barely stand. I had never ran like that in my life. I was lucky enough to actually get away.
When they first started chasing me I made my way through a Best Buy and went out the back maintenance door. I closed the door, locking them in there before I found a way to life the garage door. I only lifted it enough for me to roll through since it made a lot of noise.
When I stood I realized that I caught the attention of more zombies. I remembered seeing a sewer cap in the maintenance room so I rolled back under and sat Hannah on the ground while before I pulled the cap up. I'm pretty sure if I hadn't avoided those sugary foods I wouldn't be able to do this.
After getting the cap up, I could hear the zombies getting closer. I grabbed Hannah and climbed down the ladder, pulling the cap over just enough for it to close by itself. I made my way down the ladder before jumping down.
I was surprised to find that I didn't land in a huge puddle of water. I used the iPod to see where I was going as I walked. With Hannah in my right arm and the iPod in my left I made my way down the sewer, not knowing where it was going. I prayed that we didn't run into any trouble because I would have to drop the iPod to get my gun.
As I walked in utter darkness, besides my iPod, I started to really feel my hunger. My stomach just wouldn't stop growling and it was actually starting to hurt. I had to blink a couple of times when I saw a light. I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me but when I cut off the iPod, I saw that it was an actual light.
I covered Hannah's eyes just in case she had gotten use to the darkness as I walked out. I soon realized that I made my way to the end. I could see across the land that another tunnel was on the other side. I looked up to see that the whole place had fencing around it.
All the running seemed to get to me so I walked back into the tunnel a little and decided to rest a little. I looked down to see Hannah just looking at me. I realized that I hadn't fed her yet. I brought her, slightly dirty, diaper bag to me. I reached in and took out one of her last jars of baby food and her little pink spoon. I took one of the bottles of water and poured some of it on the spoon, cleaning it off before I opened the jar. She smiled at me as I scooped some of it and brought it to her mouth. I smiled at her as she ate it.
She finished the whole jar which is good. I gave her some of the water before I decided to change her diaper. Once I was finished all of that I wrapped her up and put the iPod on for her. I held her in my arms as I laid back against the wall. It didn't take long before I was dozing off to sleep.
I woke up to feeling something hit my foot. When I opened my eyes I found myself staring straight into a double barrel shotgun. My eyes widened in shock as I looked over the gun to see a guy standing there.
"Name or I shoot." He commanded.
"Carlos Garcia." I told him.
"Where are you from?"
"I'm originally from Minnesota but I live here in California. Look, can we have this conversation without the gun in my face?"
"Fine." He said, lowering the gun from my face.
"The name is Kendall." He told me as he took a step back. I stood and looked down to see that Hannah was sleep.
"Don't bother checking for your gun because I have it." He said. I looked at him to see that he had his back to me. My gun in it's holster on his hip.
"How-"
"I checked you before I decided to wake you. Normally, I would have just robbed you and left you to die but I saw you weren't the only one here so yeah. She's a cute kid too." Kendall said.
I picked up the diaper bag and put it on my shoulder as I fixed Hannah's blanket. I walked up next to Kendall to get a good look at him. He was really cute actually. He had blonde hair and green eyes. I didn't stare too long because I didn't want ot freak him out.
"I would leave you two but I'm guessing you want to come with me." He said.
"Why do you say that?" I asked.
"Well for one she only has one jar of baby food and you look like you haven't eaten in days."
"I haven't been able to. I've spent this whole day running from zombies and I haven't found the right food for me to eat." I told him.
"The right food?"
"Yeah. I was looking for healthy food because I figured I would be doing a lot of walking, in search of a place to stay."
"Well you're in luck. You guys are coming with me and I feel like I can trust you. Don't disappoint me or I'll kill you." He told me as he handed me my gun back.
"Now come on, it's getting dark and I can assure you that night time and a world full of zombies isn't good." He said as we began to walk.
"Thank you." I told him. He had to be the best person ever for literally saving me and Hannah's life. There was no way in the world I was going to mess this up. Him being cute was just a plus.
We walked for a while and I was starting to get worried because it was getting darker. Kendall seemed like he knew where he was going and when he stopped I got nervous.
"Go inside that tunnel and wait for me." He told me as he pointed to the tunnel. I walked inside but turned around to see him pull something from his pocket. It looked sort of like fishing wire. I looked on the ground to see that there were small hooks that went around the entrance of the tunnel. He took the wire and put it through each hook before he tied it to a hook on the side of the tunnel.
"What is that?" I asked him.
"Surveillance." He told me as he made sure everything was secure. He walked past me and down into the tunnel. I followed him close by with one major question I just had to ask.
"Why?"
"Because when you live in a world where the things that will eat you don't sleep, you need to have eyes everywhere."
"But there are no zombies down here."
"Just because they aren't down here now doesn't mean they won't be later."
"Where are we going?" I asked him when I realized that we were walking for a while and it was getting darker and darker.
"We're going to where I live." He said before he stopped.
"Look up." He told me.
I looked up to see that we were above a drainage cover. He climbed up the ladder before he opened it. I handed him Hannah before I climbed it as well. When I stood I realized that we were in a basement.
"Welcome to my home." He said as he handed her back.
"Thank you."
"Follow me." He said as he closed up the cover before putting a blanket over it. He walked up the stairs and opened a door. I heard what sounded like a dog running. It had been a while since I heard that so it kind of caught me off guard.
"Hey girl." He said to the dog as he rubbed her head.
"Don't move, let her sniff you first." He told me. The dog came over to me and sniffed from me from my shoes to the highest point she could reach me.
"Is she a Shetland Sheepdog?" I asked him.
"Wow it seems like you really know your dog breeds." He said as the dog made its way back over to him.
"Nah, I just really wanted one. I guess I never really had the time to actually get one though."
"Yeah, with the whole zombie apocalypse and having a child with you." He added, smiling.
"Yeah, it just didn't seem like the right time." I said, laughing a little.
He made his way to the kitchen and I could hear him pour the dog food in the bowl. I looked for some sort of light because it was barely enough light to see.
"Cut on that light and we all minus well be dead." He said when I reached for the light switch. I froze in my tracks and looked up at him. He was standing in the doorway of the kitchen.
"These zombies aren't as dumb as you think they are. They are just like us except for a never ending appetite of human flesh." He told me as he walked over to the window. He looked out of it before he walked to the corner and pulled something out from the wall. It looked like an iron.
"Did you learn all of this from I Am Legend, you know that Will Smith movie?" I asked him because he seemed to potray him in some ways.
"That's actually my favorite movie." He said as he brought the thing over the window as well as several other movies.
"You can cut the light on now." He said once he pulled the last one over. I reached over and cut on the light.
"Man, she's a sleeper." He said as he walked over to me.
"It's a blessing and a curse. A blessing because she doesn't have to witness everything that goes on and a curse because she tends to wake up at the weirdest times. It hasn't been recently though. She's been sleeping through the night no matter what time she goes to sleep." I told him.
"I know you're probably starving so I'll go get started on dinner." He told me before he walked off into the kitchen.
A/N: I was having so much trouble with describing where Carlos ran to in the beginning. I ended up just describing the most basic things. I hope I didn't throw you guys off with that. I also have something to confess. I based Kendall's character similarly to Will Smith's character in I Am Legend. I couldn't help it. I love that movie sooo much. REVIEW PLEASE! :D